By El Dia: Tourism Contributes Only 5% to GDP, but Bolivia Holds 40% of the World’s Biodiversity as a Strategic Advantage These data were presented during the discussion titled “Tourism as an Alternative to Extractivism.” In Bolivia, the tourism sector represents 5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to data from the Bolivian Observatory…
Category: Tourism
Next dining destination | Próximo destino gastronómico
By Joe Yogerst, CNN: Why this is Latin America’s next dining destination Anticucho (beef heart brochette) with pinta boca potatoes and aji cream with peanuts at Ancestral in La Paz. Courtesy Patricio Crooker and Christian Gutierrez. CNN — Bolivia doesn’t seem like an obvious foodie destination. But the big, landlocked South American country is making waves in the culinary world via top-notch…
Indigenous Amazon Violin Luthiers | Indígenas del Amazonas hacen violines
Agencia AFP, El Deber: Indigenous Luthiers Offering Their Violins to Bolivia from the Amazon Urubichá, a town with 8,000 inhabitants, is primarily made up of indigenous people who speak Guarayo, one of the 37 officially recognized dialects in Bolivia. According to Waldo Papu, there are between 40 and 50 recognized luthiers in this area. With…
Singani producing areas in Bolivia | Zonas productoras de Singani en Bolivia
Singani is only produced in Bolivia, if you want to know more about this extraordinary drink, explore this link. Did you know that #Potosí is among the main regional producers of Wines and Singanis?Our fertile valleys are full of vine production, after Tarija, Potosí has the largest producing region that is not being used to…
Tacana: an initiative led by indigenous women | una iniciativa de mujeres indígenas
By Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: Seeking Market Tacana Brand, an initiative led by indigenous women, is making headway in various sectors with the use of technology. The Tacana communities offer crafts, jewelry, textiles, blouses, food items, shampoo, soaps, banana flour, and more under their own brand. Crafts and products from the Tacana people. Photo:…
The Jesuits’ musical legacy: A mission opera debuts in Bolivia | El legado musical de los jesuitas: Se estrena una ópera misional en Bolivia
By Phillip Alcon Ganir, S.J., America Magazine: Scott Loudon and his team filming his documentary, ‘Anonimo’ (photo courtesy of Scott Loudon) Like many other films that suffered financially during the Covid-19 pandemic, Scott Loudon’s documentary on the music of the Jesuit reductions in South America stalled. But the project never died. Loudon’s faith as a Protestant evangelical…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 